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Style is not an end in itself, it is only a means to an end - the means of telling a story.

Ayn Rand

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Ayn Rand
Age: 77 †
Born: 1905
Born: February 2
Died: 1982
Died: March 6
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Philosopher
Playwright
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
St. Petersburg
Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum
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Story
Means
Ends
Stories
Mean
Telling

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My dear fellow, who will let you? That's not the point. The point is, who will stop me?
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